Comprising: a pendant, inlaid with white micromosaic in a radiating design within rope-twist borders and set with a carved coral rose, signed Pierret; and pair of ear pendants of similar design, hook fittings, each signed Pierret.

Cf.: David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Suffolk, 2014, pg. 183, for an unsigned pendant of similar design featuring a scarab, circa 1865.

All pieces signed Pierret to reverse, with incised number 47654. Some very minor losses of some tesserae in micromosaic sections. Coral orangey pink, opaque, with typical colour mottling and surface structure visible under magnification. Chips to petal edges of all roses, particularly on rose in pendant. Visible glue residue to one earring surmount, possibly from re-sticking of coral rose. Light scratches to surfaces consistent with age and wear. Areas of slight discolouration to metal on reverse of pendant. Small area of slight warping to one area of rope-twist border on lower section of one ear pendant. In good condition. Pendant approximately 59 x 44mm, earring lengths approximately 48mm each.
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Ernesto Pierret (1824 - 1870) was a French-born contemporary and rival of Castellani, whose boutique opened in 1845 on the Piazza Firenze in Rome. For his works in the Archaeological Revival style, Pierret was praised in Murray's Handbook (1871) as 'one of the first artists in Rome... whose copies of antique jewellery are of the highest order'.